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I live in a two story house. I live there alone. It all started last Wednesday. I came home from work ate, watched a little TV then went to bed in my bedroom upstairs. I was woken around 1:30 to the sound of a dog barking. Initially I assumed it was the neighbors dog. But as the barking continued, for about 45 minuets, I noticed it seemed to be getting louder, or closer. By the time I got my self fully awake it seemed that the barking was coming from downstairs. I grabbed a baseball bat and continued walking downstairs. As I get closer to the bottom of the stair case i am almost certain the barking is coming from within my house. As i turn the corner to the kitchen the barking stops. I flick on the light to reveal nothing. I stood there puzzled for about 5 minuets until i hear the barking again, but this time from upstairs. I start to make my way upstairs, following where the bark seems to be coming from, it greets me as i open my office door. It stood still. Staring at me. It had the body form similar to a pitbull. A starved pitbull. It stood mouth open, tongue out, panting. I walk in the room and put my hand out to touch it. I though to myself, is it real? As i reached out it moved. It walked past me. Every few steps he took he looked back at me. Follow it? Ok. So i follow it. Every few steps looking back. Looking back with his dead, dark, eyes. They appeared to be sinking into his skull. The eyes of someone who has never been loved, hopeless, sad, terrified. Eventually it leads me to the garage door. I open it and it walks out to the garage. This whole time I am thinking how it got in my house? How could he have come in with out me noticing? The dog walks and lays down next to this shed that was here when i bought the house 4 years ago. The shed was locked and had been locked since i bought it. I thought about opening it a couple times but never got around to it. Anyway, he lays down next to this shed. I look around and then remember i have the baseball bat. I hit the lock repeatedly until it breaks and falls off. The dog backs away from the shed and is just staring at it. I step forward and open it up. What i see next traumatized me. There lay, in the shed, a skeleton of a dog, an empty food bowl, a big bucket of water, that been turned to sludge over the years, flys buzz out of the room. I turn around to look for the dog and...it's gone. I close the shed and try to sleep. the next morning i wake up and clean out the shed and well, the was lock still on it as if i never even broke it. I open it up, and it's empty. No dog, no food bowl, no bucket of sludge. Nothing. Since last Wednesday, I have not seen nor heard barking from the dog. Why did he come to me? Was it a dream?